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CSP News & Analysis

  • Finding an ideal channel geometry inside compact flow gas receivers May 12, 2025
    Susan Kraemer
  • New neural network tool speeds up O&M for Trough CSP April 14, 2025
    Susan Kraemer
  • Maersk is leading the push to green methanol for shipping. Vast Energy's SASF could be a provider
    Vast Energy advances world’s-first solar-powered green methanol demo April 7, 2025
    Susan Kraemer
  • In concentrated solar tower plants, hundreds of heliostats mirror reflected sunlight up to a central receiver. But aiming these mirrors presents a dilemma: point them all at the center, and risk damaging the receiver with intense heat, or risk losing valuable energy with a more “fuzzy” focus
    New AI perfects heliostat aim to boost solar tower power April 4, 2025
    Susan Kraemer
  • Members of the two teams, at DLR's Institute of Future Fuels, and at the industry partner Grillo that will trial the electrolysis step
    Solar hydrogen from sulphuric acid recycling to get an industry trial March 19, 2025
    Susan Kraemer
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Current Opportunities
in Concentrated Solar

  • DLR Institut für Future Fuels seeks Doctoral thesis (m/w/d) Development of Advanced Heat Integration Strategies
  • University of Adelaide seeks green hydrogen PhDs and PostDocs
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SolarPACES Announcements

  • 950 MW DEWA CSP project wins the SolarPACES 2024 Technology Innovation Award
  • SolarPACES Conference
    SolarPACES Conference 2025 to be held in Spain

CSP News Briefs

  • The Choose Europe for Science program will invest more than half a billion dollars between 2025 and 2027 to recruit researchers and scientists—especially from the United States.
    As the US Cuts Scientific Talent, Europe Launches an Initiative to Attract It May 8, 2025
  • Size of s-co2 turbine compared
    US DOE could lose a record number of employees April 10, 2025
  • Maersk is among the leaders in the push to decarbonize shipping by switching to green methanol
    Vast’s South Australia Solar Fuels (SASF) receives $700,000 in Australia-Singapore push to decarbonize shipping April 1, 2025
  • New Xinjiang Tower CSP project passes pre-commissioning hydraulic pressure test March 28, 2025
  • Aldo Steinfeld next to the Solar Refinery 2024
    “Solar energy that can be poured in the fuel tank”: the Aldo Steinfeld Weltwoche interview February 19, 2025
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CSP Tech Explainers

How solar fuels work: Concentrated solar and thermochemistry

How solar fuels work: Concentrated solar and thermochemistry

Solar fuels are made using thermochemistry driven by direct heat from the sun In this process, solar thermal energy provides the heat for thermochemical reactions to produce new compounds such as green hydrogen or sustainable aviation fuel. Highly concentrated solar...

How solar thermal energy storage works with concentrated solar

How solar thermal energy storage works with concentrated solar

Here's what dispatchable solar looks like. This gigantic solar thermal energy storage tank holds enough stored sunlight to generate 1,100 MWh/day from stored solar power. The cheapest way to store solar energy over many hours, such as the five to seven hour evening...

Recent Journal Publications

  • Published at Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews – Falling particle and sodium billboard receivers for polar-field solar tower plants: A techno-economic comparison April 25, 2025
  • Published at Solar Energy Materials and Solar Cells – Performance enhancement of a parabolic dish collector with a novel receiver assisted with a secondary reflector April 22, 2025
  • Published at Case Studies in Thermal Engineering – Multi-objective optimization on thermo-structural performance of honeycomb absorbers for concentrated solar power systems April 18, 2025
  • Published at Applied Energy – Enhancing solar tower competitiveness with star-shaped receivers April 18, 2025
  • Published at Applied Thermal Engineering – Daily operation and regulation of a photovoltaic-thermochemical hybrid solar system for full-spectrum solar fuel production April 18, 2025
  • Published at International Journal of Hydrogen Energy – Thermo-electrochemical hydrogen production based on ceria April 4, 2025
  • Published at MDPI – Numerical and Experimental Study of Packed Bed Heat Transfer on the Preheating of Manganese Ore with Air up to 600 °C March 31, 2025
  • Published at Solar Energy – Neural-network-driven dynamic simulation of parabolic trough solar fields for improved CSP plant operation March 24, 2025
  • Published at MDPI – Transformative Impacts of AI and Wireless Communication in CSP Heliostat Control Systems March 24, 2025
  • Published at Nature – Artificial intelligence models development for profitability factor prediction in concentrated solar power with dual backup systems March 19, 2025
  • Published at Applied Energy – An efficient ordered conversion system for hydrogen and electricity cogeneration driven by concentrated solar energy March 2, 2025
  • Published at Solar Energy – Advancements, challenges, and opportunities in the measurement of high heat flux for concentrated solar thermal systems February 27, 2025
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